Depression and assessement: statistical analysis and examination of credibilityin the context of simulation and aggravatio

• Conditions: F32; F33; Depressive episode; Recurrent depressive disorder

• Registration Number: DRKS00007708
• Lead Sponsor: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der LMU München

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-02-12
• Study Completion: 2017-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects must be aged between 18 and 60 years. Sufficient spoken and written speech comprehension of the German language must be guaranteed to ensure that the tests are understood by the subjects.
Patients (N = 150): The diagnosis of a depressive disorder must be assured. Subjects can be hospital or ambulant or semiresidential (pschiatric and/or psychotherapeutic) patients.
Controls (N = 150): Physical and mental healthy subjects without mental diseases in their ananmnesis.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients: Acute suicidal tendencies, substance addiction, somatic illness including acute/chronic infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, pregnancy, psychotic disorders, bipolar depression. Patients are additionally excluded if the primary diagnosis is post traumatic stress disorder, general anxiety disorder, social phobia or panic disorder. Other secundary psychiatric diagnosis are tolarated.
Controls: Use of ataractics, somatic illness including acute/chronic infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, pregnancy as well as mental diseases in their medical history.

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Study aim: <br>investigation of the fakeability respectively simulation (healthy controls) and aggravation (patients) of the most frequently used diagnostic tests in assessments concerning invalidity pension.<br><br>Participants: N = 150 depressive subjects and N = 150 healthy controls. <br><br>Method: Personality dimensions (NEO-FFI, Borkenau & Ostendorf, 1987), actual symptoms and mood (BDI-II, Hautzinger et al. 2005; SCL-90-R, Derogatis, 2002)), simulation tendencies (SFSS, Cima et al., 2003), cognitive performance (d-2-R, Brickencamp et al., 1998).<br><br>Study duration: 11/01/14-04/30/16<br><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Construction of a new test by using those items which proved to be reliable and valid.